Agricultural insecticides threaten surface waters at the global scale

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5750-5755

  Stehle, Sebastian ^a   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Global surface waters; Insecticide contamination; Regulatory risk assessment

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID; SURFACE WATER; PESTICIDE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CROPLAND; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928957995     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500232112     Document Type: Article

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